People who have schizophrenia may be two to three times more likely to die from COVID-19, study suggests.…
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The mineral likely formed from dust trapped in the ice.…
An upsurge of matter from deep beneath the Earth's crust could be pushing the continents of North and South America further apart from Europe and Africa, new research has found.…
The Doomsday Clock — a hypothetical clock that measures our nearness to utter annihilation, represented by the midnight hour — maintains last year's time.…
Survivors have felt insecure during the coronavirus pandemic, according to vaccine drive organizer Erika Jakubovits. "We owe this to them."…
Overfishing has cut oceanic shark populations by 71% over past 50 years, global survey finds…
A study of people in Sierra Leone suggests that the virus can lie in hiding from the immune system before re-emerging later and sparking a new response—although researchers didn't examine…
Geological Phenomenon Widening the Atlantic Ocean An upsurge of matter from deep beneath the Earth’s crust could be pushing the continents of North and South... The post Upsurge of Matter From…
Numbers of oceanic sharks and rays have declined at an “alarming” 71 per cent over almost half a century, leading to an unprecedented increase in their risk of extinction…
Imagine what it's doing to the continents!…
Similar words that have different meanings depending on the syllable stressed – like OBject and obJECT – are easier for a listener to distinguish if the speaker uses hand gestures…
The last works of Marzieh (Mari) Foroutan, an early-career martian geologist who was lost to us in 2020, have now been completed and published in JGR: Planets.…
You might even consider wearing two masks instead of one.…
Open-source model is shared to help medics around the world case of ventilator shortfalls. As Covid-19 continues to put pressure on healthcare providers around the... The post Open-Source Model Created to…
A massive amount of information downloaded from Parler includes potentially incriminating material. But innocuous posts on mainstream platforms can also create vulnerabilities -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com…
Climate change is a likely culprit, but scientists are still determining the reason for the frozen tundra's cavernous phenomena.…
Scientists inferred Bennu’s sojourn in the inner Solar System at 1.75 million years. Last year NASA snagged a sample from the surface of asteroid Bennu,... The post Tiny Craters on Bennu…
NHS England is facing growing criticism from public health leaders over its failure to publish data on the ethnicity of people who have been vaccinated against covid-19…
An agate discovered in Brazil bears a remarkable resemblance to the Sesame Street muppet Cookie Monster.…
A newly discovered trace fossil of an ancient burrow has been discovered. The fossil has an important role to play in gauging how salty ancient bodies of water were, putting…
Dotty graphene and doping: Whatever it takes for Russia’s record plasmonics to shine. Physicists from MIPT and Vladimir State University, Russia, have achieved a nearly... The post Efficiently Converting Light Energy…
NASA has announced that its OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to depart from asteroid Bennu and head back to earth on May 10. OSIRIS-REx, which stands for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource…
When you struggle to sleep in an unfamiliar setting, your brain might be trying to protect you. Researchers call this the First Night Effect.…
Cells need to cooperate to coexist in people, and when some break the rules, cancer results -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com…
Researchers used single-molecule imaging to compare the genome-editing tools CRISPR-Cas9 and TALEN. Their experiments revealed that TALEN is up to five times more efficient than CRISPR-Cas9 in parts of the…
New research suggests estimates of the species' current distribution are potentially overestimating range size.…
Wildfires are the enemy when they threaten homes in California and elsewhere. But a new study suggests that people living in fire-prone places can learn to manage fire as an…